Sunday, July 4, 2004

   Back from the Wine Country....

hmm... don't ask why I said it like that, but when we first got into Canada a sign said "Welcome to Canada: The Wine Country" ... so, yeah... *waves* I'm back everyone!! I got back late last night... well, actually very early this morning, at like 12:30... Anyhoo... Happy 4th of July everybody!!! It sucks... my town always has a 4th of July parade and fireworks, but instead of doing them today, they did them yesterday... And I wasn't here, still coming home from Canada...So we missed them and everything else as well, so today didn't feel like the 4th of July without them :( Anyway... Canada was lots of fun... though the cars rides took about 9 or 10 hours, not including stops... So, Tuesday was basically the car ride... It was fun though... My family is crazy and goofy, so it was entertaining mostly ^_^ I read some manga too... We drove north through Pennsylvania and part of New York, then went west through NY and around Lake Ontario to Toronto, which is right on the Lake. On Wednesday... *thinks* We went around the city... Mostly we stopped by the Air Canada Center, where the Toronto Maple Leafs play... My grandmom and sis are big hockey fans... I like hockey and all, but... not like they do... oh, I forgot to say... Since I live right near Philadelphia, me and my family are big Flyers fans, so we all wore Flyers shirts the entire day... The Maple Leafs and the Flyers are big rivals ^^ so we got a lot of comments :P We also went to the Hockey Hall of Fame... a museum... what's there to say? I think that's all we bascally did that day for reviewing's sake... Thursday... was Canada Day!! Canada's Independence Day... We didn't plan to be there then, but it was cool that we were... ^_^ That day we went on the CN Tower... it's the tallest building in the world... something like 1,815 feet and 5 inches tall... yes, I remember the 5 inches part ;) We went up to the big area where you can look at the city... it was really cool. Oh yeah, the elevator goes up in like 58 seconds... boy, do your ears pop :P Then we went on a boat tour that went to the Toronto Islands.. a big patch of 15 or so islands a little bit off of Toronto. We didn't have much time there... but they have a lot on the islands, even an amusement park! :) I missed the petting zoo!! LOL That made me sad :( ... :P I put my feet in Lake Ontario!! The water was really cold though -_-" ummm... That was basically that day... Friday... We went to Casa Loma, which is a castle in the middle of Toronto... It wasn't that big, but it was very pretty ^_^ We went downtown again and bought more souvenirs -_-" I had no money, so the many hours of shopping we did total wasn't too fun for me... ;) Friday night we saw Spiderman 2 ^_^ It's fun to say to peple that I saw Spiderman 2 in Canada :P Anyway, it was an AWESOME AWESOME movie!! Makes me kind of mad that I only say the last 2o minutes randomly a long time ago of the first movie... Oh well, it wasn't too much that wasn't easy to follow... Anyway, I loved the movie, it was incredible!! I love Tobey Maguire!! He's so cute and awesome! I loved him in Seabiscuit too ^_^ Now I have to go watch Spiderman 1... Saturday... or yesterday... was, yet again, mostly another road trip... We stopped at Nigara Falls for a few hours... It's soo beautiful there :) I took like a thousand pictures, LOL... We went on the Maid of the Mist... a boat that goes into the falls... you get completely soaked ^_^ It felt good b/c it was really hot and I was cooking like a tomato under the sun and got mad sunburn... *ouch* it hurts to lift my arm -_-" Then.... another long drive home... It went a little faster than the way up... ^_^ Well.. it was a really great trip... lots of fun... ^_^ Canada is a pretty cool place :) I'll tell you one thing, there were sooo many different cultures there, and so many people speaking different languages!! It was cool ^_^ When we were leaving the hotel room to go onto the elevator, there was a French couple, and when they got off the women said "Bonjour" and sonething, something, something... And then she said Bonjour again as she walked passed, and I was like, "Bonjour!" ^_^" LOL (I'm not much of a French person.. don't like it much -_-") Toronto was not the nicest looking city, but a lot of the people we talked to were really nice... except for the drivers there... they were really rude, LOL. Well... need to rest now... though I don't have much time to rest... must get working on Otakon stuff! See you guys later!! Hope you guys had an enjoyable week as well, and a good 4th of July :D

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